Posts in category telecom

Reliance Jio has launched a new offer, named Jio Dhan Dhana Dhan, to provide customers with free services for three months. The new offer comes soon after the company agreed to withdraw the Jio Summer Surprise offer after a TRAI order asked for it be cancelled. The new Jio Dhan Dhana Dhan offer is open to […]

Act Fibernet has announced the launch of the first citywide 1 Gbps broadband access in India. K. Taraka Rama Rao (KTR), Minister for IT, Municipal Administration and Urban Development and Industries (MAUD) officiated the launch. The 1 Gbps plan, which will be available from anywhere within Hyderabad, is about four hundred times the national average speeds, […]

The deadline to enroll for Reliance Jio Prime membership is just one day away. Jio Prime Membership was announced for the introductory price of Rs 99 for the first year earlier this month. Once you enroll in the Jio Prime membership, the Rs 303 plan will give you the same benefits that you get under […]

Vodafone Group will merge its Indian subsidiary with local rival Idea Cellular within two years, Idea said on Monday. Vodafone will own 45.1 percent of the merged entity, after it transfers about 4.9 percent to promoters of Idea and/or their affiliates for Rs. 3,874 crores ($592.15 million) in cash, Idea said. Idea will have the […]

Wikileaks says CIA and MI5 teamed up to compromise Samsung Smart TVs with the Weeping Angel tool In the latest cache of leaks from WikiLeaks is a catalog of tools and exploits used by the CIA for covert surveillance activities. The fresh round of leaks has been designated as “Vault 7” and the has been scrubbed […]

Nokia and state-run telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) will team up to accelerate the development of a 5G ecosystem in India. With this partnership, Nokia will help the transaction of BSNL through its 5G end-to-end solution, including its AirScale radio access portfolio and AirFrame data centre platform for extreme broadband and ultra-reliability and low-latency communication. “This joint […]

India will organise its first mobile congress in September with a special focus on reaching out to the South East Asian markets. “There is Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and an edition in Shanghai. There is nothing in between for South East Asia. India is emerging as one of the global leaders in telecom which […]

Soon after Reliance Jio entered the Indian market, incumbents such as Airtel, Vodafone and Idea launched their own unlimited calling offers. Now, it seems, is the turn of mobile data to take centre stage. The Mukesh Ambani-backed operator is providing data at never-seen-before prices with the new Jio Prime plan, and has forced the rivals […]